Faculty
Tenure and Tenure-Track
Luis Rene Contreras-Sapien, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Director of Graduate Programs
Office Hours or by appointment
Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Engineering Bldg., Rm. A-239
lrcontreras@utep.edu
(915) 747-7098
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Amit J. Lopes, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Office Hours or by appointment
Thursday
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Engineering Bldg., Rm. A-244
ajlopes@utep.edu
(915) 747-5958
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Sergio Luna, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Office Hours or by appointment
Thursday
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Engineering Bldg., Rm. A-242
salunafong@utep.edu
(915) 747-8686
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Arunkumar Pennathur, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Office Hours or by appointment
Tuesday
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Engineering Bldg., Rm. A-240
apennathur@utep.edu
(915) 747-8652
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Priyadarshini R. Pennathur, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Office Hours or by appointment
Tuesday
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Engineering Bldg., Rm. A-241
prpennathur2@utep.edu
(915) 747-7956
Md Fashiar Rahman, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Office Hours or by appointment
Monday & Wednesday
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Engineering Bldg., Rm. A-243
mrahman13@utep.edu
(915) 747-6903
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Eric D. Smith, Ph.D.
Undergraduate Program Director & Associate Professor
Office Hours or by appointment
Tuesday
8:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Engineering Bldg., Rm. A-245
esmith2@utep.edu
(915) 747-5205
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Tzu-Liang (Bill) Tseng, Ph.D., CMfgE
Chair & Professor
Office Hours or by appointment
Wednesday
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Engineering Bldg., Rm. A-131
btseng@utep.edu
(915) 747-7990
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Professors
Lori Houghtalen, Ph.D.
Visiting Associate Professor
Office Hours or by appointment
Tuesday: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Thursday: 8:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Engineering Bldg., Rm. E-226F
lmhoughtalen@utep.edu
(915) 747-6874
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Ivan Renteria, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
Office Hours or by appointment
Tuesday & Thursday
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Carl Hertzog Bldg., Rm. A-130
iarenteria@utep.edu
(915) 747-8455
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Honglun Xu, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
Office Hours or by appointment
Wednesday & Thursday
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Engineering Bldg., Rm. E-201L
hxu4@utep.edu
(915) 747-5780
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Lecturers
Ana C. Cram, Ph.D.
Lecturer
Office Hours or by appointment
Tuesday & Thursday
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Engineering Bldg., Rm. E-201L
accram@utep.edu
(915) 747-6054
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John G. Artus
Lecturer
Office Hours or by appointment
Monday, Wednesday & Thursday
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
jgartus@utep.edu
Filiberto Macias, M.S
Lecturer
Office Hours or by appointment
Friday
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Engineering Bldg., Rm. A-130
famacias@utep.edu
(915) 747-5752
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Jaime Sanchez, Ph.D.
Lecturer
Office Hours or by appointment
Tuesday:
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM &
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Wednesday: 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Thursday: 9:00 AM - 10:20 AM
Engineering Bldg., Rm. E-201L
jsanchez21@utep.edu
(915) 747-6394
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Henry E. Schneider
Lecturer
By appointment
Tuesday via Zoom
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
heschneider@utep.edu
Shawn S. Smith, Ph.D., PMP
Lecturer
By appointment
Tuesday via Zoom
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
sssmith2@utep.edu
